Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina

Precipitation is the start-up factor of multiple process in arid zones. To address the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation at north Patagonia is difficult given the large area of the region and the low measurement density. The objective of this work is to characterize temporal and spat...

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Autores principales: Aramayo, Valeria, Cremona, María Victoria, Fernández, Roberto J., Nosetto, Marcelo D.
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Publicado: CURIHAM: Centro Universitario Rosario de Investigaciones Hidroambientales Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario Director: Dr. Ing. Hernán Stenta Riobamba 245 bis, 2000 Rosario (Santa Fe), Argentina. Telefa 2022
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Patagonia árida
variabilidad de precipitación
tendencias de precipitación
Precipitation
arid Patagonia
precipitation variability
precipitation trend
spellingShingle Precipitación
Patagonia árida
variabilidad de precipitación
tendencias de precipitación
Precipitation
arid Patagonia
precipitation variability
precipitation trend
Aramayo, Valeria
Cremona, María Victoria
Fernández, Roberto J.
Nosetto, Marcelo D.
Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina
topic_facet Precipitación
Patagonia árida
variabilidad de precipitación
tendencias de precipitación
Precipitation
arid Patagonia
precipitation variability
precipitation trend
author Aramayo, Valeria
Cremona, María Victoria
Fernández, Roberto J.
Nosetto, Marcelo D.
author_facet Aramayo, Valeria
Cremona, María Victoria
Fernández, Roberto J.
Nosetto, Marcelo D.
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title Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina
title_short Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina
title_full Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina
title_fullStr Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina
title_sort precipitation characteristics in arid zones of north patagonia, argentina
description Precipitation is the start-up factor of multiple process in arid zones. To address the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation at north Patagonia is difficult given the large area of the region and the low measurement density. The objective of this work is to characterize temporal and spatial variability of precipitation, and to evaluate satellite derived rainfall products for this region. Based on six measurement stations’ daily records we calculated monthly, seasonal and annual precipitation, their averages and trends. In addition, we evaluated the relationship between these records with GPM and TRMM satellite products. Annual precipitation varied from 100 to 640 mm.year-1, with a 100 to 300 mm average in the last five years, and a downward trend in the last decades. We detected a downward trend in the average number of days with precipitation below 10 mm.day-1. The average daily precipitation showed a slight tendency to increase, as well as the frequencies of records greater than 10 mm.day-1. GPM was an acceptable estimator of the variability but none of the magnitude of rainfall. Precipitation variability updates, more detailed data and monitoring are needed.
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spelling I15-R229-article-1802023-06-09T18:25:00Z Precipitation characteristics in arid zones of North Patagonia, Argentina Características de las precipitaciones en zonas áridas de la Patagonia Norte, Argentina Aramayo, Valeria Cremona, María Victoria Fernández, Roberto J. Nosetto, Marcelo D. Precipitación Patagonia árida variabilidad de precipitación tendencias de precipitación Precipitation arid Patagonia precipitation variability precipitation trend Precipitation is the start-up factor of multiple process in arid zones. To address the temporal and spatial variability of precipitation at north Patagonia is difficult given the large area of the region and the low measurement density. The objective of this work is to characterize temporal and spatial variability of precipitation, and to evaluate satellite derived rainfall products for this region. Based on six measurement stations’ daily records we calculated monthly, seasonal and annual precipitation, their averages and trends. In addition, we evaluated the relationship between these records with GPM and TRMM satellite products. Annual precipitation varied from 100 to 640 mm.year-1, with a 100 to 300 mm average in the last five years, and a downward trend in the last decades. We detected a downward trend in the average number of days with precipitation below 10 mm.day-1. The average daily precipitation showed a slight tendency to increase, as well as the frequencies of records greater than 10 mm.day-1. GPM was an acceptable estimator of the variability but none of the magnitude of rainfall. Precipitation variability updates, more detailed data and monitoring are needed. La precipitación es determinante de múltiples procesos en zonas áridas. Abordar su variabilidad es difícil en áreas extensas y de baja densidad de registros como la Patagonia norte. El objetivo de este trabajo es caracterizar la variación temporal y espacial de las precipitaciones, y evaluar productos satelitales de lluvia para esta región. Con los registros diarios de seis estaciones pluviométricas del período 1956-2019, calculamos la acumulada mensual, estacional y anual, sus promedios y tendencias. Además, evaluamos la relación de esos registros con los productos satelitales GPM y TRMM. La precipitación anual varió entre 100 y 640 mm.año-1, con una media entre 100 y 300 mm.año-1 en los últimos cinco años, y tendencia decreciente en las últimas dos décadas. Detectamos una tendencia decreciente en el número de días con precipitación por año y de las precipitaciones inferiores a 10 mm.día-1. La precipitación media diaria mostró una leve tendencia al aumento igual que los registros mayores a 10 mm.día-1. GPM representó mejor la variabilidad pero ninguno de los dos productos captó la magnitud de las precipitaciones. Es necesario continuar con actualizaciones, datos de mayor detalle y seguimiento de la variabilidad de las precipitaciones. CURIHAM: Centro Universitario Rosario de Investigaciones Hidroambientales Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Universidad Nacional de Rosario Director: Dr. Ing. Hernán Stenta Riobamba 245 bis, 2000 Rosario (Santa Fe), Argentina. Telefa 2022-05-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://cuadernosdelcuriham.unr.edu.ar/index.php/CURIHAM/article/view/180 10.35305/curiham.v28i.180 Cuadernos del CURIHAM is a half-year publication of the Centro Universitario de Rosario of hydro-environmental research directed by Adelma Mancinelli. It is dedicated to spreading the results of basic and applied research as well as technological innovations on the realm of hidro-environmental issues. It may include field study results, interdisciplinary studies or studies on the state of art on the field: basic hydraulics, fluvial and hydrodinamics, superficial and underground hydrology, urban and stochastic hydrology, planning and management of hydric resources, environmental evaluation, pollution and quality of the water, politics and water legislation, regional hydro-environmental management, hydraulic construction, methods and techniques and everything related to hydro-environmental sciences.; Vol. 28 (2022) Cuadernos del CURIHAM; Vol. 28 (2022) 2683-8168 spa https://cuadernosdelcuriham.unr.edu.ar/index.php/CURIHAM/article/view/180/175 https://cuadernosdelcuriham.unr.edu.ar/index.php/CURIHAM/article/view/180/186 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/